The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-06-24

; road, II seems AZ though a spring gus
had unloossned an orchard Of apple blos
SONS. But these children Of the poor
There II but little ring In their laughter
and II stops quick, as though some bite
memory tripped 1t. They have an oil
walk. They do not skip or run on tn
lumber Just for the pleasure Of leapipl
down. They never bathed in the noun
tain stream. They never waded In tn
brook for pebbles. They never chaset
the butterfly across the lawn, putting
their hat right down where 1t was jus
before. Childhood has been dashc(
out of them. Want waved its WHARF
wand above the manger Of theil
birth, and withered leaves arr
lying where God intended a budding giant
of battle. Once in while one OF these
children gets out. Here is one, for in
stance. At 10 years Of age he Ia sent Out
by his parents, who say to him: "Here IL
u basket; now 60 of and beg and steal. v
The boy says: II can't steal" They kick
him into corner. That night he puts
his swollen head into the straw, but q
voice comes from heaven, saying: "Cour-
age, poor boy, courager' Covering up his
head from the bestiality, and stopping his
ears from the cursing, he gets on up
better and better. He washes his face
clean at the public hydrant. With
q few pennies got at running errands
he gets better coat. Rough men,
knowing that he comes from o low
street, say: Back with you, you little
villain, to the place where you came
FROM But thlt night the boy says:
"God help me, iI'can'tl 20 back;'' and
quicker, than eyer mother few at the cry
Of child's pain, the Lord responds from
the heavens: Courage, poor boy, cour-
age!', His bright face gets him, posi-
ton. After a while he ia second ,cleAk.
Years pass on, and he Is hrst clerk.
Years pass on. The glory Of young man.
hood is on him. He comes into the firm.
He goes on from one business success to
another. He has achieved great fortune.
He 10 the friend Of the church Of God, the
friend Of all good institutions, and one
day he stands talking to the board of
trade or to the chamber Of commerce.
People say: "Do you know who that is!
Why, that is a merchant prince, and he
was born on Elm street, But God says
in regard to him something better than
that: '.These are. they which came out Of
great tribulation, and had their robes
washed and made white in the blood of
the Lamb Oh, for some one to write
the history Of boy heroes and girl heroines
who have triumphed over want and star
walton, and filth and rags! Yea, the
record has already been made, made by
the hand of God; and when these shall
come at last with songs and rejoicing, it
will take very broad banner to hold the
names Of all the battlefelds on which they
got the victory. s r.t-t ss.-
Some years ago roughly clad, ragged
boy came into my brothers. Office in New
York and said: ''Mr. Talmage, lend me
S." My brother said: "Who are your
The boy replied: ~ am nobody. Lend
me g." "What do you want to do with
$5i' "Well," the boy replied, my
mother is sick and poor and want to go
into the newspaper business, and I shall
get home for her and will pay you
back" My brother gave him the IS, of
course never expecting to see it again; but
he said: when will you pay it?' The
boy said: II will pay it in six months,
SIR" Time went by, and one day lad
came into my brothers office and said:
"There's your S." "What do you
meanp What $6P" inquired my brother.
"Don't you remember that boy came in
here six months ago and wanted to bor-
row IS to 60 into the newspaper bust
nessr' ooh, yes, I remember; are you
the ladf' EYES," he replied, II have got
along nicely, have got nice home for
my mother Qshe is sick yeti and am as
well clothed as you are, and there's your
S." Oh, was he not worth saving? Why,
that lad is worth fifty such boys as have
sometimes seen moving in elegant circles,
novar mt RI INV 11co for God nv MAN
Worth saving! 60 farther that that
and tell you they are not only worth saw
ing but they are being saved. One of
these lads picked up from our streets and
sent west by benevolent society wrote |
east, saying: II am getting along first
rate. l am on probation in the Methodist |
church. 1 shall be entered as a
member the LIST of next month. l now
teach Sunday school class of eleven
boys. get along first rate with it. This |
Is splendid country to make living in. |
II the boys running around the street with |
q blacking box on their shoulder. or a
bundle Of papers under their arms, only
knew what high old times we boys have
out here, they wouldn't hesitate about
coming west, but come the first chance
they got" So some by one humane and
OAAA ASoAeSAA vASAOocAOu, 01u SOIlic NY duOUueT,
are being rescued. In one reform school,
through which 1900 of the little ones
passed, 1895 turned out well. In other
words, only five Of the 1900 turned out
badly. There are thousands of them who,
through Christian societies, have been
to beautiful homes all over
his land, and there are many who,
through the rich grace of our Lord Jesus
Christ, have already won the crown. A
title girl was found in the streets of Bal
,imore and taken into one of the reform
societies, and they said to her: "What is
your name?'' She said: "My name is
Nary" "What is your other name?' She
aid: II don't know" So they took her
nto the reform society, and as they did
lot know her last name they always
'alled her MARY LOST since she had
,een picked up out of the street. But she
rev on, and after awhile the Holy Spirit
anne to her heart, and she became a
Christian child, and she changed her
lame; and when anybody asked her
What her name was she said at used
o be Mary Lost; but now, since Il.
ave become Christian, it is Mary
found"
For this vast multitude are we willing
o go forth from this mornings service
nd see what we can do, employing all
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